Adkins Arboretum Mystery Monday: Guess the Photo!
Happy Mystery Monday! Can you guess what is pictured in photo #1? The answer to last week’s mystery is Indian cucumber-root, Medeola virginiana, pictured in photo #2. The Indian cucumber-root, Medeola virginiana, is a slender woodland perennial native to rich, moist forests of eastern North America. A common forest understory plant in parts of […]
Summer by Kate Emery General
The summer of 1965 was a big travel year for my family. We drove first to Albuquerque then Houston to visit relatives, and I quickly discovered that Texans were a lot like Wyomingites, just with a Southern accent. My cousins said “y’all” while we said “you guys,” but beneath the differences in language, we […]
Addressing Loneliness in our Communities by David Reel
Early in his service as the United States Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, M.D., did a cross-country listening tour for a firsthand evaluation of health in America. It was an enlightening and sobering experience. Dr. Murthy spoke with countless numbers of Americans who felt isolated, invisible, and insignificant. In a word, they felt lonely. Following his […]
Father’s Day By Laura J. Oliver
When my parents were dating in college, my mother took my father home to the farm with her one weekend. No one yet understood that my mother’s mother was dying of a slow paralysis. No one recognized that an inexplicable fall was the stealthy calling card of a disease she could not outrun for […]
Addressing Loneliness in our Communities by David Reel
Early in his service as the United States Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, M.D., did a cross-country listening tour for a firsthand evaluation of health in America. It was an enlightening and sobering experience. Dr. Murthy spoke with countless numbers of Americans who felt isolated, invisible, and insignificant. In a word, they felt lonely. Following his […]